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Euhemerism meaning

The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.

Using Euhemerism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.

Context around Euhemerism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

louvre 1× named 1×

Often after:

main 1×

Sentence patterns with Euhemerism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

euhemerism as stated 1× is named euhemerism after mythologist 1× relief louvre euhemerism main seealso 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

euhemerism as stated 1× origins palmyrenian relief 1× this theory is 1×

Common sentence endings:

about human beings 1× into pragmatic contexts 1× real historical events 1×

Words around Euhemerism

Just before it in the word index:

eugowra 14 euglenophyte 2 eugia 3 eugeo 7 eugenol 2 eugenius 13

Just after it in the word index:

euhemerized 5 euhemerus 4 eui 26 euif 2 euipo 2 eujs 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Euhemerism

  • In this selection, "euhemerism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, louvre, named and main stand out and add context to how "euhemerism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include euhemerism as stated and is named euhemerism after mythologist. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "euhemerism" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with euhemerism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Origins Palmyrenian relief Louvre Euhemerism main seeAlso One theory claims myths are distorted accounts of real historical events. (18 words)

Euhemerism, as stated earlier, refers to the rationalization of myths, putting themes formerly imbued with mythological qualities into pragmatic contexts. (20 words)

This theory is named euhemerism after mythologist Euhemerus (c.320 BC), who suggested that Greek gods developed from legends about human beings. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

This theory is named euhemerism after mythologist Euhemerus (c.320 BC), who suggested that Greek gods developed from legends about human beings. (22 words)

Euhemerism, as stated earlier, refers to the rationalization of myths, putting themes formerly imbued with mythological qualities into pragmatic contexts. (20 words)

Origins Palmyrenian relief Louvre Euhemerism main seeAlso One theory claims myths are distorted accounts of real historical events. (18 words)

Example sentences (3)

Euhemerism, as stated earlier, refers to the rationalization of myths, putting themes formerly imbued with mythological qualities into pragmatic contexts.

Origins Palmyrenian relief Louvre Euhemerism main seeAlso One theory claims myths are distorted accounts of real historical events.

This theory is named euhemerism after mythologist Euhemerus (c.320 BC), who suggested that Greek gods developed from legends about human beings.

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How do you use "euhemerism" in a sentence?
An example: "Euhemerism, as stated earlier, refers to the rationalization of myths, putting themes formerly imbued with mythological qualities into pragmatic contexts." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "euhemerism" from authentic English texts.
What does "euhemerism" mean?
Euhemerism means: The belief that legends and mythology arise from exaggerated descriptions of historical people and events.
How many example sentences with "euhemerism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "euhemerism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.